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Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps looks at what goes on behind closed doors when a complaint is made against you
1. Health and Disability Commissioner. Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2021.
2. Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 s 70. “No action to be taken while matter under investigation by Health and Disability commissioner”
3. Medical Council of New Zealand. 2021 Annual Report.
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
